HMS Beaver (F93)
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 HMS Beaver (F93) |
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Beaver |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1980 |
| Launched: | 8 May 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 13 December 1984 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 May 1999 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 21 February 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,800 tons |
| Length: | 146.5 m (480 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33.3 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) full |
| Range: | 8,000 nm (16,000 km) |
| Complement: | 273 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM launchers 4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers 2 × Twin 30 mm AA guns 2 × 20 mm AA guns 4 × 7.62 mm GPMGs |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Beaver.
HMS Beaver (F93) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Beaver was the adopted ship of the town of Bolton. Despite being many miles inland the town has a proud naval tradition based on the fact that during one week in the Second World War it raised one million pounds for the Royal Navy. The sixth HMS Dido was officially adopted by the town during the war to mark this honour.
Prior to decommissioning, it was possible for Beaver Scouts to become honorary members of the crew.
She was decommissioned on 1 May 1999 and sold for scrap on 21 February 2001.
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